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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsGotta say, I'm less than thrilled that my chance of survival is linked to the
common sense of others!
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Gotta say, I'm less than thrilled that my chance of survival is linked to the (Original Post)
Floyd R. Turbo
May 2020
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Ferryboat
(1,263 posts)1. When you put it like that
I get a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach.
ret5hd
(22,502 posts)2. Dead Man Walking, I'd say, if you're gonna put it like that.
whistler162
(11,155 posts)3. It isn't......
it is linked to the brains of one Donald J Trump! So yeah we are F@CKED!!!!!
SammyWinstonJack
(44,316 posts)4. Or lack of.
Wounded Bear
(64,323 posts)5. Never depend on someone else's better nature...
they may not have one.
surrealAmerican
(11,879 posts)6. It always is.
I notice this every time I cross the street.
SinisterPants
(89 posts)7. That's what democracy was supposed to be for...
depending on the common sense of the masses is mob rule, and democracy was designed to prevent it, as well as nobility rule.
Unfortunately, we have some design flaws.
Fla Dem
(27,633 posts)8. Pretty much sums it up for all of us.
sarge43
(29,173 posts)9. Reminds me of one from the fun filled Cold War days
"Our lives are depended upon Soviet computer technology", Carl Sagan.